Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2541Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Section 13000 116760.50 of the Water Health and Safety Code, relating to water quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2541, as amended, Salas. Water quality. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.This bill would instead authorize the board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide up to 100% grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system that serves a severely disadvantaged community.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Water Code is amended to read:13000.The Legislature finds and declares that all of the following:(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2541Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Section 13000 116760.50 of the Water Health and Safety Code, relating to water quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2541, as amended, Salas. Water quality. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.This bill would instead authorize the board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide up to 100% grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system that serves a severely disadvantaged community.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2541
Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 14, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas
February 14, 2018
An act to amend Section 13000 116760.50 of the Water Health and Safety Code, relating to water quality.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2541, as amended, Salas. Water quality. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: project financing: severely disadvantaged communities.
Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.This bill would instead authorize the board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide up to 100% grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system that serves a severely disadvantaged community.The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates, as defined.
This bill would instead authorize the board, to the extent permitted by federal law, to provide up to 100% grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0% financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system that serves a severely disadvantaged community.
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters in the state and makes certain legislative findings and declarations.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.SECTION 1.Section 13000 of the Water Code is amended to read:13000.The Legislature finds and declares that all of the following:(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.
SECTION 1. Section 116760.50 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.
116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.
116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.
116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.
(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness and 0 percent financing on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system with a service area that qualifies as that serves a severely disadvantaged community if the water system demonstrates that repaying a Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with interest would result in unaffordable water rates. community.
(c)For purposes of this section, unaffordable water rates means an average water bill that is at least 1.5 percent of the median household income of the service area or other percentage that the board determines is appropriate to reflect funding priorities.
The Legislature finds and declares that all of the following:
(a)The people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of the state.
(b)Activities and factors that may affect the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands being made and to be made on those waters and the total values involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible and intangible.
(c)The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state requires that there be a statewide program for the control of the quality of all the waters of the state; that the state must be prepared to exercise its full power and jurisdiction to protect the quality of waters in the state from degradation originating inside or outside the boundaries of the state; that the waters of the state are increasingly influenced by interbasin water development projects and other statewide considerations; that factors of precipitation, topography, population, recreation, agriculture, industry, and economic development vary from region to region within the state; and that the statewide program for water quality control can be most effectively administered regionally, within a framework of statewide coordination and policy.